Lee v. State

ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

SONNER, Judge.

Kai Ruchell Lee appeals his conviction for possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, and alleges, as a basis for reversal, that the warranted search of his home by police without knocking and announcing violated his constitutional guarantee to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Lee principally relies upon Richards v. Wisconsin, 520 U.S. 385, 117 S.Ct. 1416, 137 L.Ed.2d 615 (1997), the case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the “knock and announce” provision of the common law is a part of…